Rewiring turn signals

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    I've got a pair of switchback turn signals that I want to install. However, they are amber with parking lights and flash white with the turn signal...
    Has anyone swapped the wires around? Or have a clue on how to do it?
     
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    Brother, I think you're going to have to go ahead and give it a try on your own. It's weird that the switchback would be amber and flash white, every other time I've seen them they were white and flash amber.
     
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    Not sure why you would want backwards switchbacks lol

    The point of switchbacks is being legal with amber flashers but all white up front with other driving lights. Seems like a difficult task to complete for a not so good result in my opinion. Good luck figuring this one out.
     
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    Left front colors
    Brown is the parking light
    Green/white is turn signal
    Black is ground

    Right front colors
    brown = parking
    white/light blue = turn signal
    black = ground

    Swap the brown and green/white stripe wires
    on the left front and swap the brown and
    white/light blue on the right front.

    Cut them about 2-3 inches back from the factory plug
    so you can "switchback" if ya don't like the result.

    If ya want you can push the terminal release pins inside the
    factory plug and remove the terminal pins and crimped wire
    from the plug and swap them that way. Very tricky to find
    and push the terminal release prongs but it can be done.

    Most people would save the headache of finding and releasing the
    terminal pins so they just cut and swap the wires.
     
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    Yeah, I found the pins and all that. Pain in the butt to try and get them to release. I might just do the rewire deal. I don't think it would make a difference with the regular incandescent 3157A bulbs on which filament lights up.
     
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    On the 3157A you would have brighter than normal parking lights
    and the turn signal filament would be a faint blinking
    light output "behind" the brighter bulb filament
    that has become the parking light.
     

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